A Northwest High School student has been arrested in the death of another Northwest student who was found dead in January.
Jailyn Jones, 17, of Germantown, was found dead in a creek behind a house on Grotto Lane, off Great Seneca Highway in Germantown, on Jan. 24.
Police Chief Marcus Jones on Monday announced that Ta’Quawn Deon Henderson, 17, has been arrested. State鈥檚 Attorney John McCarthy said he鈥檚 been charged as an adult with premeditated first-degree murder.
Jones had been 鈥渟tabbed multiple times,鈥� Chief Jones said, and had head wounds as well. They also found clothes with 鈥渂lood evidence,鈥� Chief Jones said, which they eventually connected with Henderson.
An arrest warrant was issued for Henderson May 12; he turned himself in Sunday night.
The chief said Jailyn Jones was last seen Friday, Jan. 21, and had told several people he was going to meet 鈥淭ay.鈥� Jones was seen on doorbell cameras leaving his house alone that day.
While Chief Jones said Monday that police were 鈥渧ery confident that [Henderson] played a significant role,鈥� there may be other people involved. 鈥淲e鈥檙e not done yet,鈥� Jones said.
The chief said no motive has been established yet, but that 鈥淲e do know that they knew each other.鈥�
He added, 鈥淭his is a double tragedy; let鈥檚 be real. We have a 17-year-old arrested for murder 鈥� [and] it makes no sense that this young man has lost his life.鈥�
